11:24 PM,
Feb. 18, 2013

Esther Owen, along with her husband Drew, formed Heritage Leasing & Property Management in Battle Creek in 2009.

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When Esther Owen, co-founder and senior lease coordinator for Heritage Leasing & Property Management, heard that two auto parts companies - Denso International and Cosma International - would be expanding and bringing more than 800 jobs to town, she got very interested, very quickly.

"I'm all over that one," she said with a laugh.

That's because she knows that new businesses mean new employees, many of whom will be coming from outside the area, likely with two to three-year work contracts and with no desire to take on the hassles and headaches of purchasing a home. ...